Example sentences of "[prep] as [adj] [conj] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | It 's not that the jokes are not funny , but just that they are about as fresh as a tin of those pineapple chunks . |
| 32 | Alina mostly took her breaks alone ; she 'd sit in a corner with a magazine , usually one of Adele 's old wildlife partworks , and be about as obtrusive as a church mouse until her time was over . |
| 33 | Characteristically , after this burst of bitter humour he added that ‘ it was quite nice ’ even though he found his host ‘ about as intelligent as a mule and as human as a boa-constrictor ’ . |
| 34 | ‘ Those meetings are about as bearable as a boil in the wrong place — though this one should be more interesting than most . |
| 35 | ‘ About as charming as a bout of flu , ’ Alyssia muttered under her breath . |
| 36 | Oh , sure , about as safe as a shield of plastic wrap would make her feel if a bear were charging towards her at a full gallop . |
| 37 | Mogadishu , once known as the pearl of the Indian Ocean with its whitewashed buildings , leafy streets and pretty pavement cafes , is now more bullet-battered than Beirut and about as safe as a saunter through an Iraqi minefield . |
| 38 | You know , the kind which reads in full : ‘ About as riveting as watching snow melt , about as thrilling as a plate of polenta , ’ and is subsequently truncated to ‘ Rivetting ! ’ and ‘ Thrilling ! ’ . |
| 39 | They should n't drive so fast because their car is n't worth as much as a child 's life . |
| 40 | A 2.25 cu m ( 500 gallon ) cesspool could fill up in as little as a week with a family of four living in the house ; a 18 cu m cesspool would last for at least a month and is the minimum size recommended . |
| 41 | In as much as a school can be said to have an approach ( eg formal , informal , team taught , class or group based , or one where streaming and setting or vertical or horizontal grouping is practised ) , the degree to which members of staff conform to it very much depends on how the school is led . |
| 42 | His style lends itself to much deadpan humour : when describing the old custom of cutting the cake by breaking it over the bride 's head , he does it without as much as a wink . |
| 43 | ‘ A guy can suffer an injury on the first match of a tour or go through a tough schedule without as much as a bump . |
| 44 | Now he 's got it down to as little as a couple of weeks . |
| 45 | He probably comes across as arty and a bit careless , but it 's much worse than that . |
| 46 | The lightest easels are the aluminium ones which can weigh in at as little as a kilo . |
| 47 | The lightest easels are the aluminium ones which can weigh in at as little as a kilo . |
| 48 | Yields on well-let properties , even in the glutted City of London office market , have fallen by as much as a percentage point over the past six months . |